sclère
\sklɛʁ\
The verdict
“sclère” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 6
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Membrane blanche et opaque, résistante, de nature conjonctive, qui forme le blanc de l’œil.
Corpus desk
Index FR-sclere · sclère · French
sclère · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "S" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | sclère |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \sklɛʁ\ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
sclère is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \sklɛʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Membrane blanche et opaque, résistante, de nature conjonctive, qui forme le blanc de l’œil.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for sclère, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is sclère, spelled S-C-L-È-R-E.
Definition
- 1Membrane blanche et opaque, résistante, de nature conjonctive, qui forme le blanc de l’œil.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how sclère appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Ils réussirent à démontrer de manière magistrale que la condition nécessaire et suffisante à cette activation inconsciente de l’amygdale cérébrale par un visage effrayé se résumait à la taille du « blanc des yeux » : la sclère ! — (Lionel Naccache, Le Nouvel Inconscient : Freud, le Christophe Colomb des neurosciences, Odile Jacob, 2009, page 51)
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Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.